Natural Products and Cancer Drug Discovery

Farid A. Badria

doi:10.5772/65205

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Farid Badria

Mansoura University,
Egypt

Published 05 July 2017

Doi 10.5772/65205

ISBN 978-953-51-3314-8

Print ISBN 978-953-51-3313-1

eBook (PDF) ISBN 978-953-51-4765-7

Number of pages 316

This book, Natural Products and Cancer Drug Discovery, is written by leading experts in natural products in cancer therapy. The first two sections describe new applications of common herbs and foods for treatment of cancer. Section 3 deals with the development of new chemotherapeutics from Cannabis and endophytic fungi. Section 4 presented formulations of natural products for treatment of malignan...

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6. Phytochemical Aspects and Therapeutic Perspective of Cannabinoids in Cancer Treatment

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7. Endophytic Fungi as Alternative and Reliable Sources for Potent Anticancer Agents

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8. Flavonoids: Promising Natural Products for Treatment of Skin Cancer (Melanoma)

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9. An Update On Natural Compounds and Their Modern Formulations for the Management of Malignant Melanoma

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10. Computational Studies and Biosynthesis of Natural Products with Promising Anticancer Properties

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